Table 3.

Ostwald–de Waele parameters and zero-shear viscosity for all sodium alginates in aqueous solution at different concentrations and 23 °C.

Sodium Alginate	Alginate % (w/w)	K (Pas)	n	η0 (Pas)
LoG187	4	0.34 ± 0.08	0.91 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.14
	6	1.04 ± 0.06	0.86 ± 0.01	0.67 ± 0.07
	8	3.52 ± 0.49	0.74 ± 0.03	1.42 ± 0.09
InG253	4	1.05 ± 0.15	0.81 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.02
	6	12.12 ± 4.12	0.59 ± 0.07	1.83 ± 0.08
	8	39.00 ± 3.06	0.46 ± 0.01	5.02 ± 0.43
HiG427	4	172.01 ± 56.48	0.23 ± 0.08	12.98 ± 0.40
	6	324.01 ± 61.41	0.25 ± 0.04	58.88 ± 2.53
	7	524.15 ± 39.15	0.18 ± 0.02	93.02 ± 2.87
LoG495	2	10.03 ± 0.03	0.54 ± 0.00	2.65 ± 0.20
	4	286.76 ± 16.62	0.20 ± 0.01	76.35 ± 2.61
	5	341.65 ± 73.41	0.24 ± 0.06	146.39 ± 11.98